4. KNOW Your Value
Coming up in urban radio,many of us were told by several bitter mom and pop owners that we should be glad to have a job and that white radio stations would never hire us. That was the truth and a lie at the same time. Few of us ever get jobs on the pop or CHR side but the mom and pops should have been glad to have US for the little money they were paying and the work conditions. This was a horrible way to destroy a young black announcers’ self worth. Never accept demeaning things that other people say about you because they can’t see what you see and never accept the first offer for anything especially when someone comes to YOU. If they come to YOU they already KNOW your value the question is do YOU? Steve could have given up after his failed attempt at Radio One but he went to their competitor Clear Channel and told Cathy Hughes’ company to “Kiss my Entire Ass.” Cathy was not fond of Steve’s disrespect but she’s probably kicking herself IN the ass for letting him go. As much as we respect Tom Joyner , Steve is the one who we would have put our money on.
